Through-wall Imaging of Conductors by Transverse Electric Wave Illumination

Wei Chien¹, Chien-Ching Chiu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.² and Wei-Siang Gu²

¹Department of College of Electric Information, Qinzhou University, Binhai Avenue, Qinzhou, Guangxi, P.R. China
²Department of Electrical Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.

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